Johann geehaet strothoff



'QNo'ModiaL) J; G.YSTROTHOPF, J1. CIGAR MACHINE.

No. 333,973. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.-

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. G. STROTHOFF, Jr.

CIGAR MAGHINE.

No. 333,976. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES FATENT @rrrea.

JOHANN GERHAR-T STROTHOFF, JR, OF BREMEN, GERMANY.

ClGAR-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,97 6, dated January5, 1886.

Application'filed January 3, 1885. Serial No. 151,894. (No model.)Patented in Germany June 11, 1884, No. 29,657.

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, J OHANN GERHART STROTHOFF, J r., a citizen of thefree town of Bremen, and residing at Bremen, Germany, have inventedcertain Improvements in Cigar- Machines, (for which I have obtained aGerman patent, No. 29,657, June 11, 1884,) of which the following is aspecification.

Hy invention consists of certain improvements in the construction ofmachines for forming the filling of cigars and for wrapping the same, aswell as molding or shaping the wrapped cigar, my improvements beingdesigned with the view of providing a simple machine by which cigars maybe made without the aid of skilled labor.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of myimprovedmachine. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through thefeeding-table and wrapping-rollers. larged scale. Fig. 5 is an end viewof one of the end frames in which the wrapping-rollers are mounted. Fig.6 is a similar view of the other end frame; and Fig. 7 is a diagramillustrating the manner of separating the rollers which constitute thewrapping-chamber.-

a b c is a feeding-table,which is mounted on pivots h on the frame 5 ofthe machine, Figs. 2 and 3, so as to allow of aslight tilting oroscillating motion of the table on its pivots to bring the edge of thetable above or below the point where the tobacco is to be fed into thewrapping-rollers.

The operator stands near the side b of the tilting feed-table,while atthe opposite side,c, of the table are rollers d e g p 1' 0, six in thepresent instance, which are arranged in a circle and are mounted inbearingsat one end in the end frame, 7t, and at the other end inhearings in the framel Z. The portion k of one end frame is hinged tothe portion it, while the portion Z of the other end frame is adapted tohave a motion toward and from its corresponding portion, Z, by moving itup and down on the guide-rods v 11, Figs. 6 and 7. The rollers are setat a slight distance apart so as not to be in contact with each other,but yet not leaving sufficient space for the escape of the tobacco ofwhich the cigar is to be made, and one half of the rollers have theirbearings in the movable portions 7c Z of the frames,

Fig. 4 isan end view drawn to an en-' while the other half have theirbearings in the fixed portions. Consequently, by lifting up the upperpart,l,of one of the end frames and tilting the upper portion,k',0f theother frame on its hinged partthe upper set of rollers, d r q, may beseparated from the lower set to facilitate the introduction of thetobacco of which the cigar is to be made into the wrap pingchamberformed by the rollers. The journal of each of the rollers within the endframe, k, carries a small pinion, as shown in Fig. 4, which gears intoacommon spur-wheel to which a rotary motion is imparted by suitablemeans, a grooved pulley and cord being illustrated in the drawings forthis purpose. Through the center of the spur-wheel and through thecenter of the wrapping-chamber constituted by the rollers abovedescribed passes a rod, 01, and over this is a movable sleeve, m,adapted to be used at the proper moment to push the'rolled cigar intothe two or three part mold w s. The upper part or parts of this mold maybe lifted up or pressed down by any suitable means, and a cutter, t, asshown in Fig. 1, may be provided on the end of the mold to cut off theprojecting end of a cigar, which is then thrown into a suitablereceptacle, u.

In using this machine the operator as I have said stands at the edge ofthe table and tilts the latter on its hinges to move the edge adjacentto the rollers downward, as shown in Fig. 3, to bring the tobaccothereon into a position opposite the feed-rollers, ready to beintroduced. He then introduces this tobacco which is to constitute thefilling into the forming chamber between the rollers, and a rotarymotion being imparted to these latter all in the same direction by themeans above described, the tobacco will be rolled into shape, and thenthe leaf or wrapper which is to formthe cover is fed in over the edgecof the feed-table after its edge has been provided with a glutinousmaterial, so that when the cover has been wrapped around the filling bythe rollers it will adhere thereto. After the required quantity oftobacco to form the filling has been introduced into thewrapping-chamber the oscillating table is tilted back to raise its edgeabove the point of feeding of the tobacco to the rollers, until thetobacco being rolled is formed and pushed out,when the table is tiltedforward again as before, to bring its edge below the point of feedingthe tobacco into the rollers.

If wet tobacco is being worked the tubular sleeve m is employed to pushoff the wrapped cigar, as above described, into the open mold w s, but.if dry tobacco is being used the sleeve m may be dispensed with and therod n made movable longitudinally to push the cigar into I the mold.

The hollow space formed in the interior of the wrapped cigar by the rodit while wrapping in the wrapping-chamber is practically obliterated bythe subsequent pressing of the cigars in the mold and in the boxes inpacking them.

The wrapping-rollers d e p q r 0 may be of any suitable form convenientfor the shape of the cigar to be made.

I claim as my invention-- Y 1. The combination of the circle of rollersconstituting the wrappingchamber with a frame and an oscillating tablecentrally pivoted to the frame to permit the edge of the table to bebrought above or below the point of 25 feeding the tobacco to therollers.

2. The combination of a feed-table and circle of rollers constitutingthe wrapping-chamher with a central rod, n, and the sleeve m,surrounding said rod, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the frame and the circle of rollers constitutingthe wrapping-chamber with the sliding upper part, Z, of the frame andhinged portion 10, some of the rollers having their bearings in saidportions 70 Z,an d the other rollers in the fixed portion of the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub scribing witnesses.

JOHANN GERHART STROTHOFF, Jr.

Witnesses:

R. A. DICKMAN, THEoDoR LEIDITZ.

